Might have been titled Dr. T and the Miserable Hos.
Dr. T and the Women (2000)
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Reviews Counted:105
Fresh:60
Rotten:45
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: In terms of quality, Dr. T and the Women is one of Altman's good-but-not-great films. In typical Altman style, it features some great ensemble acting, including a wonderful performance by Richard Gere.
Theatrical Release:Oct 13, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $5,012,867
Synopsis: Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan "Sully" Travis (better known as Dr. T), a... Robert Altman follows up the good-natured COOKIE'S FORTUNE with this biting satire of an upper-class elitist Dallas community. Richard Gere plays Sullivan "Sully" Travis (better known as Dr. T), a man whose good looks and overflowing charm have made him the most popular gynecologist in all of Texas. Things begin to go wrong for Dr. T when his beautiful wife, Kate (Farrah Fawcett), begins to lose her sanity. He sends her to a mental hospital with the hopes of a full recovery, but her regression into childhood seems to be permanent. Adding to the mass confusion is an unexpected visit from his alcoholic sister-in-law, Peggy (Laura Dern), who brings along her three children, as well as the constant battles between Dr. T's two daughters: the soon-to-be-married Dee Dee (Kate Hudson) and the jealous Connie (Tara Reid). Upon meeting his country club's new assistant golf pro, Bree (Helen Hunt), Dr. T finally feels like he's met his match--a beautiful, independent woman who has no desire to be swept off her feet. Trying to juggle the pressures of his personal and professional life, Dr. T's recent problems culminate on Dee Dee's rain-soaked wedding day. Working again with screenwriter Anne Rapp, Altman closes his sprawling comedy with an utterly outrageous yet genuinely optimistic finale. [More]
Starring: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Shelley Long
Starring: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Shelley Long, Laura Dern, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler, Robert Hays, Matt Malloy, Andy Richter, Lee Grant, Janine Turner
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Screenwriter: Robert Altman
Producer: Robert Altman
Composer: Lyle Lovett
Studio: Artisan Entertainment
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Reviews for Dr. T and the Women
Moves at hurricane speed for most of its 122-minute running time, but Gere deliberately underplays his character, providing the calm center that the story needs.
Altman juggles his roster of quirky personalities, eliciting stellar performances from the role players.
A work in which [Altman's] shrewd observation of the human species has never seemed sharper.
Shows that, after all these years, Robert Altman hasn't changed -- thank God.
The thing to keep in mind is that when Altman isn't great, he still doesn't suck.
While it's impossible to call anything fashioned by a man of Altman's skill unwatchable, there are times when this pedantic and dull effort comes close.
A capricious, celebratory fable about the dichotomy of gender from the marvelously idiosyncratic Robert Altman.
With its swaying rhythms and brazen sense of storytelling, Dr. T & the Women is a worthy addition to a great director's canon.
A pleasant diversion, a seriocomic lark in the mold of last year's Cookie's Fortune.
Lighter and less compelling than Altman's best efforts, the new one produces a low-level, but still enjoyable, buzz.
On the surface, Altman's film is clearly meant as a paean to the variety and emotional fecundity of women, but scratch the surface, and you realize that underneath, it's not so pretty.
This relaxed drama rambles in true Altman fashion and boasts some delightful performances.
Perhaps the most humane movie the Kansas City-reared director has ever made.
[Altman] and Gere, surrounded by various blondes in extremis, mostly keep it entertainingly rambunctious.
The episodic quality that made Cookie's Fortune raggedly charming is unhinged by a less cohesive story that is little more than the sum of its appealingly eccentric characters.
What holds the stories and the characters together is the decency of Dr. T, and Gere seems wholly comfortable with the role.
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